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Hacker Who Leaked Celebrities’ Personal Photos Gets 8 Months in Prison

George Garofano, 26, of North Branford, admitted to illegally obtaining credentials of his victims’ iCloud accounts using a phishing scheme. He posed as a member of Apple’s security team and tricked victims into revealing their iCloud credentials. Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Upton, Misty May Treanor and actors Alexandra Chando, Kelli Garner and Lauren O’Neil were among the celebrities whose photos were stolen from their iCloud accounts. The other three Celebgate hackers had already been sentenced.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/photos-celebrity-hacker.html

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